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Engineeringtalk
- November 2009
Minus K vibration isolators for space telescope
Minus K Technology has been selected by ITT Space Systems
to provide vibration isolators for the ground testing of the
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the Johnson Space Center
(JSC).
Minus K Technology has been selected by ITT Space Systems to
provide vibration isolators for the ground testing of the James
Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).
The JWST will be placed in a vacuum chamber at the centre and
supported by a set of custom Minus K vibration isolators.
'A major factor in selecting Minus K is its ability to not only
isolate vibrations vertically, but also horizontally at less
than 1 Hz,' said Dr David Platus, president of Minus K and principal
inventor of the Negative-Stiffness Mechanism technology that
is the key to the passive-vibration isolators.
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